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under the snow. I think thej will eal the bark from anj kind ol young 
The damage In nertoua. Montpeller Vt, Noi 
Voles Bouietliuea gna\* young apple and pear trees, mostly In winter; In sum 
mar alao where red clover grows about the trees. The loss Is nerlotiK. 
- ilein, < >hlo, I88rt. 
m Mtlow mice are Injurious to meadows and pastures bj cutting the sod In 
winter. We bad an Invasion of them In the winter of 1804, when thej killed 
grape vines, raspberries, and crab-apple trees 6 Inches In diameter. 
Btoughton, Wis., 1887. 
Field mice are destructive i<» grain crops. Their depredations are mostly 
confined i«» the consumption of grain, bul the Injury by them dejrends upon the 
nut crop; If this Is plentiful they do nol disturb grain, or corn chiefly, but If 
there Is n scarcity of nuts, they make Incursions on the fields of corn, doing 
considerable damage, Columbia, Conn., Sept., 1887. 
The majority of the preceding reports refer to the common meadow 
mouse (M. pennsylvanicus) and Its subspecies, but some of them from 
the Middle West undoubtedly include references to the prairie vole 
i M . ochrogasU r), which is more numerous there. Most of the destruc- 
tion to potatoes and stored vegetables may be attributed to pine mice. 
REPORTS PROM NURSERYMEN AN') ORCHARDI8TS. 
Early in March. L906, a circular letter of inquiry asking I'm- infor- 
mation in regard to damages by field mice was sent to more than a 
thousand representative nurserymen and fruit growers in the Dnited 
State- and southern Canada. Up to April lo. L906, replies returned 
number 520, <>f which a summary is presented in tabular form. 
Damages by fi<l<l mice, as reported by nurserymen and fruit growers. 
a Probably not Mierotut. 
State <>r province 
Numbei oi 
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3 
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6 
7 
9 
11 
2 
1 
3 
2 
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2 
•J 
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5 i 
T 
Maine 
8 
11 
to 
37 
10 
20 
12 
9 
16 
8 
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6 
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9 
Is 
30 
1 
•j 
28 
4 
11 
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12 
3 
12 
3 
6 
10 
1 
B 
5 
9 
3 
IS 
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1 
11 
24 
6 
6 
1 
2 
6 
i 
12 
1 
4 
i; 
S 
B 
6 
I 
4 
Vermont 
..... 
1 
7 
..„. 
20 
3 
18 
6 
i 
3 
1 
7 
Rhode Island 
Connecticut 
1 
1(5 
1 
15 
160 
New York 
- 
Pennsylvania 
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Delaware 
Maryland 
3 
2 
Virginia. . . . 
Weal Virginia 
..... 
6 
1 
1 
s 
1 
1 
5 
8 
3 
6 
8 
1 
1 
North Carolina 
South Carolina. 
3,000 
Georgia 
Florida 
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..... 
3 
2 
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1 
5 
15 
1 
Alabama . 
1 
2 
1 
Tennessee 
- 
1 
1 
26 
Kentucky 
2 
